[Nomic] Summary of Proposals 2

[Adam Biltcliffe]

On Sep 23 2004, Carrie Oliver wrote:

> On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 20:53:05 +0100, Martin O'Leary <mewo2@cam.ac.uk> 
> wrote:
> > On Thu, 2004-09-23 at 15:52, Carrie Oliver wrote:
> > > > 8: The 'Exception that proves the' Rule: A rule may override 
> > > > another rule if and only if it mentions that rule by name. The only 
> > > > exception is this rule, which overrides all others, except those 
> > > > which mention it by name.
> > >
> > > Was there not an objection along the lines of: this allows a rule to
> > > override another by mentioning it even though this maynot be
> > > necessary? If this is reworded to cover this I shall agree
> > 
> > I don't think this was an objection, so much as an observation. I hope
> > it's clear that simply mentioning a rule doesn't make it no longer
> > valid. You also have to state something which is contrary to the rule
> > mentioned. So random mentions of rules won't have any effect.
>
> Seeing as you have all been so bloody picky about the phrasing of the
> rules so far should this be made clearer?

Personally, I think it's clear as is, but if you'd like to propose an 
alternative phrasing which is clearer, by all means do so.

adam